The alliance was developed to use collective
expertise in order to help advance a culture of accident prevention while
sharing information, guidance, best practices, access to training resources and
technical knowledge that will help protect employees’ safety and health. In
particular, the Alliance focuses on, but not limited to, efforts to reach
members of the LCCA through outreach on safety and health issues.

Participate in the Chicagoland Construction Safety Council’s annual Safety Expo as an exhibitor.

Promoting the National Dialogue on Safety and Health

LCCA members know OSHA is available to them to answer questions. Members frequently call the Area Office requesting information and technical assistance.

IV. Results

One measure of the effectiveness of our program is the results of our Safety
Awards program. In 2006, 46 member companies received an award and 23 of these
had zero loss work days. This was up from 21 in 2005. In addition, the number of
members who had LWD ratios better than the national average for their type of
construction industry has also increased by 1 over 2005.

The Abbott Laboratories-LCCA-OSHA Safety Day is providing an opportunity to
expand our safety message by attracting non-member contractors to the free
training program that is subsidized by Abbott and LCCA.

We also rewrote the LCCA Safety Manual and developed a separate Employee Safety
Manual. Manuals are personalized for each member to focus on their individual
activities and hazard exposure.

The organization is planning on continuing the Alliance. Both implementation
team members and general members of the organization find the alliance a
useful tool in protecting the safety and health of contractors in Lake County
Illinois.
Going forward there are several items on the agenda including:

Begin a discussion on crane safety and what we might do to assist members.